Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said today that the U.S. has certified that Hong Kong is no longer “politically autonomous” from China by lisettevoytko
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that the U.S. has certified that Hong Kong is no longer “politically autonomous” from China, coming after moves by Beijing to pass two new laws around Chinese sovereignty and a long period of unrest marked by massive protests in Hong Kong.
Pompeo said earlier that the new national security law would be a “death knell” for China’s “one country, two systems” policy for Hong Kong, while White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said China was making a mistake.“Hong Kong and its dynamic, enterprising, and free people have flourished for decades as a bastion of liberty, and this decision gives me no pleasure, wrote Pompeo in his
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